- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 2, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL213/5 (50 Overs, RR: 4.26)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Michael Slater), 2-10 (Mark Waugh), 3-33 (Mark Taylor), 4-54 (Stuart Law), 5-213 (Ricky Ponting)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 3 41 0 4.1 0 0 AMN Munasinghe 10 1 30 3 3 0 1 GP Wickramasinghe 6 0 29 1 4.83 0 1 HDPK Dharmasena 10 0 31 0 3.1 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 56 0 5.6 1 0 RS Kalpage 4 0 24 0 6 1 0
09/01Result
9th Match (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 9 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
214/7 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
09/01Result
9th Match (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 9 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
214/7 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (lb 7, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL214/7 (47.3 Overs, RR: 4.5)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-39 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-127 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 4-144 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-144 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-147 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-209 (Roshan Mahanama)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CJ McDermott 10 0 42 2 4.2 0 2 PR Reiffel 10 0 47 1 4.7 0 0 S Lee 6 2 26 0 4.33 3 0 SK Warne 10 1 37 1 3.7 0 0 ME Waugh 6 0 31 0 5.16 2 0 MG Bevan 5.3 0 24 1 4.36 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
9 January 1996 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Australia 0
Match Notes
- Kalpage arrived in Australia on the morning of the match.
- World record ODI 5th wicket partnership: RT Ponting and MG Bevan, 159 runs. (Previous record: IVA Richards and CH Lloyd, 152 runs, WI v SL at Brisbane 1984-85)
- de Silva and Tillakaratne dismissed in consecutive balls by McDermott full tosses.
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